Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated that one of its helicopters, which landed on farmland in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, was coming back from an operation targeting suspected kidnappers along the Enugu-Benue boundary. It was gathered that the aircraft touched down on Wednesday on farmland in the Utur Tse-Igboji community, Bar Council Ward, along the route from Welfare Quarters to Mopol 13 Ring Road in Makurdi, the state capital. A statement released on Wednesday by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, explained that the helicopter had effectively disrupted the…

Amnesty International has called on the management of Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, to overturn the expulsion of a final-year nursing student and the suspension of 14 other 500-level students linked to a viral TikTok video. The rights organization made the appeal in a post on its X account on Thursday, calling the sanctions excessive and pressing the university to settle the issue through dialogue and mediation. “Amnesty International urges the authorities of Madonna University Elele Campus, Rivers State, to rescind the expulsion of a final-year nursing student and the suspension of 14 other 500-level students over a viral…

Former Manchester City and Spain midfielder David Silva has come out of retirement at 40 years old to return to professional football with Sha Tin, a club in the Hong Kong Premier League. Silva, who retired in 2023 following an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained during pre-season training with Real Sociedad, is set to join the Hong Kong side and work towards making his debut. The former City playmaker won the 2010 World Cup and two European Championships with Spain, while also claiming four Premier League titles over a decade at Manchester City. He claimed 11 major honors with City…

Gary Lineker has urged Manchester City to “accept whatever punishment” they receive for the sake of the game, after the club was found guilty of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules. An independent commission stated last week that the city had set up “sham” contracts with several of their commercial partners in order to artificially inflate revenues and cut costs across a nine-season span, from 2009 to 2018. The 10-time English champions, who still deny any wrongdoing, confirmed on Friday that they had lodged an appeal against the judgement. No sanction has been determined as of yet, but…

Over 1,000 northern Islamic clerics have urged President Bola Tinubu to abandon his 2027 re-election bid, pointing to killings, kidnappings, and acts of terrorism throughout the country, especially in the Northwest. This call was made in a communiqué released at the close of a national conference titled “An Assessment of the State of the Nation under President Tinubu and the 2027 General Elections,” which took place in Kano State on Sunday. The clerics organized the conference under the banner of “Ko Da Naka,” a group that describes itself as committed to “the Struggle to Promote Good Governance and Community Development,”…

The Oyo State Police Command has presented several suspects who were arrested in connection with three different criminal cases, among them the alleged killing of a family of six at Oloba Village in Lagelu Local Government Area of the state. According to the command, the suspects are said to have attacked the family over a damaged mobile phone that belonged to one of them. The remaining cases involved an alleged armed robbery at Wofun Olodo, Ibadan, in which a 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Wahab Rukayat, was reportedly killed, along with the arrest of a suspected unqualified medical practitioner accused of impersonating…

A bereaved woman has mourned her partner, one of the casualties of the Nigerian Air Force NAF 931 aircraft crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State, saying he had only informed her that he was travelling to Abuja but never mentioned he would not come back. In a viral video, the woman asked why her partner had departed without telling her the journey would be his last. This came as a family also spoke about losing their only son, an NYSC-bound graduate, in the ill-fated flight. As search and rescue operations went on yesterday, an underwater survey using side-scan sonar equipment began…

The Nigeria Customs Service has stated that candidates whose names were included in its published recruitment list are not automatically assured of appointment, clarifying that final screening is still underway before successful applicants are admitted for training. This clarification came after complaints from some candidates who said they had passed the Computer-Based Test, physical examinations and initial screening, accepted their appointments via the official recruitment portal and found their names listed as successful candidates, yet had still not received invitations for training set to begin on Friday. According to a report by SaharaReporters, the candidates affected include over 500 applicants…

Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the Plateau State Government for dropping a defilement case involving a four-year-old child, calling the move a miscarriage of justice and an abuse of the legal process. Speaking at a press conference in Jos on Wednesday, the organization called for the criminal charges against the defendant to be reinstated immediately, noting that he had been allowed to go free even though a bench warrant for his arrest was still in force. Isa Sanusi, the Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said the organization is demanding that the state government overturn the decision and let the…

Political analyst Henry Shield has described Peter Obi and his move to join the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 presidential election as a strategic error, adding that he is skeptical of former Bayelsa State governor Seriake Dickson’s supposed backing of the former Anambra State governor. Shield made this remark on Wednesday while appearing on AIT’s Political Platform. He questioned why the NDC has not openly promoted Obi as its presidential candidate, noting that other major political parties and their backers had already started pushing their candidates ahead of the election. “When Tinubu was national leader, Bisi Akande…